Claiming to have cracked the case of double murder involving two minor siblings within a day, Dehradun police have arrested one Parvaan Singh, a sewak in a Gurudwara based in Rishikesh, on late Thursday night on the charge of murdering two minor sisters- Manisha (13) and Riya (3) at their house in Shyampur (Rishikesh area) on Thursday morning.
Police claimed that the accused had confessed the crime during the investigation, saying that he had smothered the two sisters to death. As per his confession, he had decided to kill Manisha, the elder one of the siblings, after she had kicked his turban when he was taking a bath near the Gurudwara in the morning. later, as the younger one was heard screaming, she was strangled too with his belt, the accused is said to have admitted.
The accused Parvaan Singh was later sent to Suddhowala jail on 14 days’ judicial custody after he was produced in the court, said SP Rural Sarita Dobhal on Friday. Earlier, the forensic team had collected evidences related to incident from the spot.
Deceased’s mother Sita who works as a domestic help had registered a complaint following which a case under appropriate sections of IPC had been registered in the police station. In her written complaint, she had stated that she was not in a position to suspect anybody as the family had no enmity with anyone.
Police said they had got a clue after some grey hairs were recovered from the murder spot. As police questioned the neighbours, including Parvaan, the suspicion got trained on the latter as police found him having a cut on the palm of his hand.